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Ed Dolan, “Universal Basic Income: An Idea Whose Time Has Come”
Aug 22, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] Dolan’s post focuses on Representative Paul Ryan’s recently proposed welfare reform, which would consolidate many individual welfare programs into one grouped “Opportunity Grant” for each applicable citizen. While Ryan should be praised for trying to...
John Danaher, “Blog series: Philosophy and the Basic Income.”
Aug 22, 2014 | Research
John Danaher, a lecturer at the National University of Ireland, Galway and a regular blogger at Philosophical Disquisitions, has written a series of blogs about basic income. The series contains nine articles so far, post from December 23, 2013 to July 18, 2014....
Thierry Crouzet, “Pourquoi défendre le revenu de base? [Why defend basic income?]
Aug 21, 2014 | Research
In this opinion piece, the author lays out an argument for basic income on the grounds of needing to democratize the economy, protect human rights, and allow freedom. The article argues that we need to decentralize the creation of money to avoid having a privileged...
Fitsnews, “The Notorious (Basic Income Guarantee)”
Aug 20, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] Fitsnews decided to write on the basic income as a response to the debate started by Zwolinski at Cato Unbound on the basic income. Fitsnews provides a basic introduction to the negative income tax and provides some humor by noticing that the basic...
Christian Siegwart Petersen, “Money for nothing? Arguments for basic income, universal pensions and universal child benefits in Norway”
Aug 19, 2014 | Research
Abstract: “Basic income is a radical idea which has gained more attention in many countries in recent years, as traditional welfare states are having trouble solving the problems they were created to solve. Basic income promises to solve many of these problems in an...
John Danaher, “Feminism and the Basic Income (Part One)”
Aug 18, 2014 | Research
This piece discusses feminist perspectives both for and against basic income as well as examines the possible effects of basic income for women. The author brings up potential effects such as: changing women’s labor market participation, the amount of money women (and...
Gaura Rader, “Basic Income and The Role of the Market in Society”
Aug 17, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] In this post Rader discusses the effects a basic income would have on society’s relationship with the market. While people are oppressed by the market more today than at any other point during history, Rader believes a basic income would allow people to...
N. Christian Brown, “Morning Feature – Paul Ryan’s Poverty Bait-and-Switch, Part III: Asking the Right Questions (Non-Cynical Saturday)”
Aug 16, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] In this blog post, Brown goes over Paul Ryan’s plan for poverty and, after pointing out a few flaws in his plan, brainstorms possible solutions for poverty today. This leads Brown to a discussion on a basic income in which he cites two recent articles...
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, “Progressives' hot new poverty-fighting idea has just one basic problem: Science”
Aug 16, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] Gobry, a self-identified right-winger, used to support a basic income like many other conservatives have in the past; now, he doesn’t. Gobry understands the allure of the basic income, but in this critique of the basic income, Gobry uses an analysis...
John Aziz “The progressive case for ending the minimum wage”
Aug 15, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] In this article Aziz discusses Germany’s recent legislation to introduce a minimum wage far higher than the USA’s current minimum wage. Aziz notes that many on the left have used Germany’s success as an example of what Washington should be trying to...
Mike Konczal, “The Pragmatic Libertarian Case for a Basic Income Doesn't Add Up”
Aug 14, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] Konczal vehemently disagrees with Zwolinski’s post from Cato Unbound that made a pragmatic libertarian case for a basic income. In the original post, Zwolinski points out the number of different welfare programs and the size of its bureaucracy as a...
Jamie Klinger, “The other side of Basic Income: Basic Jobs”
Aug 13, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin] Klinger attended the BIEN Congress in Montreal this summer, and the presentations dedicated to the effects a basic income would have on jobs especially caught the eye. Because most people working low-pay jobs are often only working them because they...
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